Phil Mickelson's patriotic reaction to making Ryder Cup team
He declined to speak with media after his round, but is still a prime candidate to earn a captain's pick for the Ryder Cup. USA captain Jim Furyk added them to his team Monday evening as wild-card selections, along with Bryson DeChambeau .

Amazon reaches $1 trillion mark, but that's just the start
The company's stock has surged more than 70 percent since January, outperforming Apple, which has gained more than 30 percent. Shares in the e-commerce giant rose almost 2 percent to a high of $US2,050.50 in morning trade before slipping back.

Federer knocked out of US Open by Aussie Millman
As the temperatures rose so did the tempers, with both players engaging in animated arguments with chair umpire James Keothavong. Cilic defeated No. 10 seed David Goffin pretty handily in their match on Monday, taking down Goffin in three straight sets.

Derek Carr: Raiders Over Shock Of Khalil Mack Trade
We were always talking about things and open with each other about everything we were doing, because we had plans together. I don't blame Gurley, or any running back, for not wanting to absorb a tackle from the University of Buffalo great.

Serena, Stephens reach US Open quarterfinals
Serena Williams overcame Kaia Kanepi in three entertaining and power-packed sets to reach the quarterfinals of the US Open. She built on the momentum and was dominant in the first set against Kanepi, which she won 6-0 in just 18 minutes.

Trump warns Syria, Russia and Iran against Idlib 'tragedy'
Assad's forces have already begun massing in the areas of Idlib already under its control and on its southern and eastern flanks. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the strikes were carried out in violation of the norms and principles of global law.

According to Fear: Trump in the White House, a new book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Woodward, aside from his public chastising of Sessions, in private, Trump has called him "mentally retarded" and a "dumb Southerner".

"It's totally perplexing", said Alex Abdo, a senior staff attorney at the Knight First Amendment Institute, reacting to the announcement.

The DOJ did not provide details or specific examples of how the social media companies might be "hurting competition", nor did it elaborate on the allegations of censorship.

The Senate committee struck a calm bipartisan tone, as it spoke with the Silicon Valley executives about their efforts to thwart misinformation campaigns ahead of November's midterm elections (and castigated Google for declining to participate). The issue resurfaced anew, as Apple, Google's YouTube, Facebook, Spotify and other platforms banned the right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

I still can't get over this tweet. However, that turned out to be inaccurate. Mueller is now leading the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Still, investigators are never supposed to take into account the political affiliations of the people they investigate. These views are more strongly held by Republicans, with 64% saying tech companies favour liberal views and 85% saying social media sites censor political viewpoints. Late last month, Trump railed against the internet giant, claiming its liberal bias was evident in the results of a "Trump News" search. Twitter denies that's happening.

Both have insisted they are innocent.

One of the problems is the historical lack of transparency over these private companies' sorting algorithms and content moderation decisions.